Curtain-cornice



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HANS H. VINGEIL-OFUHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CURTAIN-CORNICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 227,466, dated May 11, 1880.

Application led February 5, 18x50.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, HANS H. WINGER, of the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Cornices and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exa-ct description thereof, reference being' had to the accompanyingdrawings, of which- Figure l is a top View of my cornice Fig. 2, a front view of the same; Fig. 3, a crosssection on the line c', Fig. l, looking toward the inside of the hinged return, and Fig. 4 a section taken on the line y y, Fig. 3.

My object is tol produce a simple and ornamental curtain-cornice, readily adjustable to window-casings of different widths and thicknesses 5 and to this end myinveution consists in providing the cornice, at or near each end, with a hinged or pivoted return, andmakingthe said pivoted return extensible; and, furthermore, in various details of construction and icombinations of parts, all as hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the drawings, A represents the cornice proper or bar, and B the return or retreating portion, which is attached to the easin g of the window or to the wall at the edge of the same, as may be preferred, and which is hinged or pivoted to the said bar.

It is desirable, generally, to have the cornice stand well out from the casing, and as the inclining of the returns naturally throws the bar inward or toward the window, I provide the said returns with a capability of extension, whereby the degree of projection may be regulated accordingly.

The specific details of my invention consist in the hinging the returns B to the rail A, permitting the removal and replacement at will of the curtain-rod C; in the means for securing the return in position at any desired angle, and in the construction whereby the return is 'rendered extensible. All this is accomplished as follows:

A block, m, is secured to theinside of the bar A near each end, and the return slotted to fit upon each side of the block and secured thereto by a pin or screw, n, on which it turns. The return is connected to the barA by a link or stirrup, o, pivoted tothe upper edge of the return and secured tothe top of the bar by a set-screw, p, passing through the slot in the link, as shown. lhe return may thus be moved back and forth upon the hinge, and fixed lirmly at any desired angle by tightening the set-screw.

O is the curtain-rod, provided with hooks q for attaching the curtains, and sits into recesses formed in the blocks m, at a point between the bar A and the inner ends of the returns, whereby it may be lifted out and re` placed at will without disturbing the cornice., and does not impede the action of the returns upon their hinges.

The return B consists of two parts-viz., the part r, contiguous to the bar A, and the part s, which slides upon the part r, being provided with guides t, within which the part r ts. A slotted link or stirrup, o', pivoted to the 4part s by a pin or screw, and connected to the part r by a set-screw, p', passing through the slot, as shown, permits the securing of the parts firmly together at any point within the limits of extension.

The cornice may be fixed in position against the window-casio g, or, more generally, against' the wall at the edges of the casing, by means of a hook and screw-eye, as represented, or in any other well-known manner, the usual mode of attachment being against the wall at the C edges of the casing, as stated, and since there is much inequality lin the distance to which different casings project from the wall, the eX- tensible property of the return has the additional advantage of admitting of adjustment to correspond with such variousodegrees of projection on the part of the casings.

I prefer to construct the bar A of wood; but the returns may be made either of wood or metal., By formingthe b ar of moldingterminating each way with roller-ends and ornamenting the returns withrosettes, as shown, a cornice of unusual symmetry and beauty is produced.

For transportation the returns may b doubled or folded dat upon the bar A.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure to secure by Letters Patent, i'sl. In a curtain-cornice, thecombination of '10c the bar A with the return B, hinged to the said bar Iund made eXtensible, substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose set forth. c

2. In a curtain-cornice, the combination of the bar A, return B, hinged or pivoted to the said bar, stirrnp 0, and set-screw p, the whole being,` constructed and arranged to operate substantially as described.

3. The combination of the bar A with the return B, hinged to the said b21-r, and comprising the part s, provided with guides t, part r, sliding` within the seid guides, link or stirrup o', and set-screw p', the Whole being` constructed and arrztn ged to operate substantially as described.

4. The combination of the bar A, blocks m, returns B,pivoted to the blocks mand curtainrod C, fitting,` Within notches formed in the upper faces of the said blocks between the bar the whole being,l constructed and combined 3o substantially as set forth and shown.

HANS H. WINGER.

In presence of- P. G. DYRENFORTH, HUGH D. HUNTER. 

